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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Boulder Victory Class Cargo Ship<br/>
Keel Laid as '''SS WABASH VICTORY'''<br/> 
Launched 6 September 1944<br/> 
Delivered to the WSA 7 June 1945<br/> 
Operated by the Interocean SS Co. until 14 June 1946<br/> 
Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service 14 June 1946<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USAT PVT FRANCIS X. McGRAW'''<br/>Renamed 31 October 1947<br/> 
Decommissioned by the US Army and acquired by the US Navy 1 March 1950<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USNS PVT FRANCIS X. McGRAW T-AK-241'''<br/>Placed in service by MSTS 1 March 1950<br/> 
Placed out of service, date unknown<br/><br/> 
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown<br/> 
Custody transferred to MARAD 8 May 1974<br/> 
Sold for scrapping 21 August 1974
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
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Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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Locy Type><br/>2 (n+)<br/><br/>[[HYADES_AF_28_ | USS Hyades<br/>AF 28]]
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1967-11-11</td><td align="center" width="350">
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson]].
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Private First Class Francis X. McGraw, U.S. Army, Company H, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division.<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;McGraw was born in Philadelphia, PA on April 29, 1918. He was killed in action near Schevenhutte, Germany November 19, 1944. He was awarded the '''Medal of Honor''' on October 25, 1945 (Posthumously). Other awards included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He is buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Belgium in Plot A, Row 18, Grave 25.
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